True Records
True Records was a record label that was active in the 1970s. It was located in Nashville, Tennessee. The distribution was handled by World Wide Music.
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True Records was a record label that was active in the 1970s. It was located in Nashville, Tennessee. The distribution was handled by World Wide Music.
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It started attracting attention with artists such as Leon Everette and Claude King who had his Greatest Hit's Vol. 1 released on the label. Another artist to have his work released on the label was Mundo Earwood. The label's president from 1976 to 1977 was Howard A.
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Key facts
• Name — True Records • Parent — World Wide Music • Status — Defunct • Distributor — World Wide Music • Genre — Country • Country — U.S. • Location — Nashville, Tennessee
Artists
Artists
Other artists to have their work released on the label were Scotty Reed with "I Warm 'Em Up", and Dave Conway who had signed to the label in the early months of 1977. Mundo Earwood re-signed with the label in November 1977.
Staff
Staff
The executive vice-president of the label as of November 1977 was Jerry Hayes. Before Leon Everette had his recordings released on True, he worked in the label's mailroom. He was signed to do a record as a tribute to Elvis Presley, but he wasn't happy about aspects of the contract and ripped it up.
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Singles
• Mundo Earwood - "Can't Keep On Keeping On" / "I Can Give You Love" - True T-101 - (1977) • Scotty Reed - "I Warm 'Em Up" / "I'm Loving Her All Over In My Mind" - True T-102 -(1977) • Claude King - "Cotton Dan" / "Cotton Dan" - True T-103 - (1977) • Mundo Earwood - "Behind Blue Eyes" / "Let's Get Naked" - True T-104 - (1977) • Claude King - "Sugar Baby, Candy Girl" / "Just A Bum's Husband" - True T-106 - (1977) • Leon Everette - Goodbye King Of Rock 'n' Roll / " Where The Daisies Grow Wild" - True T-107 -(1977) • Gloria Glore - "Promise Me Nothing" / "There Hangs His Hat" - True T-108 - (1977) • Tiny Tim - "I'm Gonna Be A Country Queen" / "I Ain't No Cowboy (I Just Found This Hat)" - True T-109 - (1977) • Leon Everette - "Love That Woman (Like The Devil Loves Sin)" / "Still Loving You" - True T-110 - (1977) • Mundo Earwood - " Angeline" / "Just Another One Of Those Days" - True T-111 - (1977) • Dave Conway - "Keep On Loving You" / "Too Late For Words" - True T-114 - (1978) • Dave Conway - "Lookin' Back On Lovin' You" / "Please Don't Go" - True T-115 - (1978) • Bill Dees - "Oh Pretty Woman" / "You Don't Have To Knock" - True T-120 - (1979) • Spider Rich - " Butterfly's Lullaby" / " Butterfly's Lullaby" - True T-121 (1979) (promo) • Claude King - "Wobble Watter" / "We Just Stood There And Cried" - True T-124 - (1980)
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- 1.Billboard 29 Jan 1977 Page 56 Country
- 2.Billboard 15 Oct 1977 Page 58, Label Action Expands
- 3.Billboard 4 Jun 1977 Page 64 Country, Nashville Scene by Pat Nelson
- 4.Slipcue.com HIPPIEBILLY & NO-HIT WONDERS: Mundo Earwood "Chapter One" (True Records, 1977) (LP)
- 5.Billboard 16 Apr 1977 Page 58 Warming Up The Charts
- 6.Billboard 18 Jun 1977 Page 40 Signings
- 7.Billboard 26 Nov 1977 Page 50 Signings
- 8.Billboard 12 Nov 1977 Page 9 General News, executive Turntable
- 9.Billboard Artists / Leon Everette, Biography ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi
- 10.45Cat True - Label Discography
- 11.Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies Claude King
- 12.Discogs True Records Inc.
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